Our Cosmetic Treatments

Botox Injections

Wrinkles occur when there is tension in the facial muscle, due to the nerves releasing too much acetylcholine. When Botox is introduced directly into the facial muscle, it blocks the nerves from receiving this substance and as a result, the muscles relax thereby reducing the appearance of wrinkles whilst diminishing facial lines.

Are Botox Injections Painful?

You will experience minimum discomfort from the injection. A very fine needle is used, and most patients say it's like a small pinch upon insertion.

How Long Does Botox Last?

The effects of Botox will last three to six months. As the muscle action gradually returns, the lines and wrinkles begin to reappear and need to be treated again. Lines and wrinkles often appear less severe with time, because of the muscle shrinking.

Dermal Fillers

When a practitioner advertises dermal filler treatments, they are talking about a substance that can be injected into the face to improve appearance. Around the age of 25, our bodies stop producing collagen and elastin, the two most important proteins that work together to keep the tissue firm and supple. In addition to this, existing collagen begins to break down.

Without these two proteins we begin to display the typical signs of ageing such as deep lines, wrinkles and hollow cheeks because the body is no longer able to keep the tissue strong and supple.

Dermal fillers offer a more youthful appearance to the skin. Dermal fillers are made up of Hyaluronic acid (a naturally occurring sugar chain molecule) that attracts and binds water in the skin and works in harmony with our body's collagen and elastin to support important proteins, giving the skin a more youthful appearance.

How Long Do Dermal Fillers Last?

Dermal filler can last anything from between 6/18 months depending on the type of Hyaluronic acid used. There are many types of Hyaluronic acid available such as Juverderm Resytlane etc and this will be discussed at your face to face consultation.

Plasma Lifts

Plasma skin tightening is the only cosmetic treatment to use plasma to eliminate excess skin. This non-surgical treatment offers low risk, minimal down time and is more affordable than surgery.

The treatment itself is really straight forward. To ensure comfort, a local anaesthetic cream is applied for 30/40 minutes before commencing the procedure. You can expect a small amount degree of swelling especially the eye area which will go down within 3/4 days.

Tiny circular scabs form at each treatment point and they take about 3/4 days to start falling away but will generally take around a week to fully clear. You will be sent home with aftercare to minimise infection risks. Once the skin as healed you will be left with a more youthful radiant skin.

How Long Do Plasma Lifts Last?

The results from this treatment are permanent, so you would only usually a need one treatment to achieve great results. If you want to however get a stronger result, the treatment can be repeated after three months. Because of its permanency, you will only need to repeat it if required further down the line as we generally age.

Advanced Electrolysis

Advanced Electrolysis is used to treat skin tags and blemishes. Electrical current is passed through a very fine needle similar to an eyelash, so fine and localised that only a small amount of discomfort may be experienced. However, numbing cream will be applied. The heat generated is used to cauterise the tissue and destroys the targeted tissue.

The process initiates the healing response and eliminates the damaged tissue.

What Are The Side Effects?

For a few days after treatment the area maybe sensitive and shows signs of redness and a little swelling for deeper lesions. There may be scabbing, and a dressing maybe applied for a short period of time. Provided that the correct aftercare instructions are followed, and no infection is allowed to develop, the risks of scarring are minimal.

Some of the deeper lesions may leave a faint residual mark on lighter skin or of deeper pigmentation. Raised scarring or keloid scarring are issues that will prevent or restrict your treatment. Usually, a 40-minute appointment is set the time taken to treat any number of blemishes, depends on the size and nature of the problem.

It is important that the area is not over worked. Therefore, treatments are spaced out at regular intervals, which will be explained to you at your consultation.

Microblading

Microblading is semi-permanent tattooing which uses nine tiny blades (micro blades). These deposit pigment under the skin of the eyebrows. This provides fullness, definition and can totally alter the shape of your eyebrows.

How Does Microblading Work?

Microblading uses a small handheld tool which bleeds pigment into tiny scratches on the epidermis. This creates natural realistic tiny fine hair strokes into the brow, the overall look is natural and realistic. Prior to your treatment a patch test will be performed, and a shade and design will be decided with the client.

Microblading is ideal for people who have over plucked eyebrows, thinning eyebrows
and people who suffer from alopecia, or even if you’re just tired of pencilling in your eyebrows, Microblading just cuts your make up time in half!